Housing advocacy groups have joined lawmakers in lobbying Governor Doug Ducey to extend his coronavirus-related moratorium on evictions.
It will expire next week and allow authorities to start forcibly removing hundreds of renters as Arizona continues to be a national hot spot for both infections and scorching summer weather. Ducey’s order, ending July 22, was supposed to ensure people wouldn't lose their homes if they got COVID-19 or lost jobs in the pandemic's economic fallout. He says he doesn’t intend to extend the order. States from Nevada to Virginia also have recently lifted or are about to end moratoriums on rent payments and foreclosures.
